Senior Software Engineer #4115

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organisation of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com.

GRAIL is looking for a full-stack Senior Software Engineer to join its clinical software team based in our London office. The team is responsible for the development of applications used to facilitate collaboration between GRAIL and its partners. As a Software Engineer, you will work as part of a cross-functional team to design, develop and run systems that power the safe execution of clinical workflows and the collection of relevant data. Your work will support cancer research and the development of GRAILs multi-cancer early detection blood test.

This is a hybrid role in our London office.

Responsibilities

• Use your experience developing full-stack applications to build software that supports cancer research.
• Build and operate the infrastructure and tooling that runs the systems and powers the team.
• Work as part of a cross-functional team to overcome real-world problems that sometimes can’t be solved with software alone.
• Work on systems which are built in Go, Java, React & MySQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics or a similar technical field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience designing, developing, testing and maintaining software.
• Familiar with at least one general purpose programming language such as Go, Java or TypeScript.
• Experience working on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure.
• You are passionate about software engineering.
• You have excellent logical reasoning and analytical skills, with a preference for simple solutions.
• You are a strong written and verbal communicator and can adapt your communication style and the level of detail to your audience.
• Experience with healthcare or biotech systems is a plus.
• You are within easy commute of central London, this is a hybrid role.

Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.

GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.

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